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Lucky New Year

Slots Video Slots Festival Fire Music Entertainment Asia

Chinese New Year slot with two independent bonus routes

SlotRanker Score

/ 99

05099

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RTP

96%

return to player

Volatility

Medium volatility

variance

Max win

—

top multiplier

Min bet

$0.25

per spin

Reels

25 lines

Player rating

3.7 ★

17 votes

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3.7 / 5

17 ratings

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Five weighted signals shape the composite. Four context signals refine ties. See how we rate for the full methodology.

Payouts & RTP9/10

RTP 96% → 9.0/10

Volatility8/10

medium → 8.0/10

Win Potential—

no data

Features7/10

10 features → 7.0/10

Game Mechanics5.6/10

f=10 r=5 p=25 → 5.6/10

Context signals (tie-breakers)

Layout6/10

5x3 → 6.0/10

Bet Flexibility6/10

0.25–125 (×500) → 6.0/10

Provider Reputation7.1/10

provider avg 7.1 → 7.1/10

Popularity4.1/10

search demand p59 + proxy blend (70/30) → 4.1/10

Popularity blends real player search demand (~30 markets) with a catalogue-derived proxy; games without measurable search demand use the proxy alone. Not live play telemetry.

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SlotRanker Score: 69 — Lucky New Year by Pragmatic Play

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Slot Summary

Rather than stop at a Festival skin, Lucky New Year uses its Chinese New Year setting to separate two bonus routes. Pragmatic Play pairs Free Spins with a giant central symbol and a Respins round that holds money symbols until no attempts remain. Released in 2018 with 96% RTP and medium volatility, it presents an early, comparatively direct version of mechanics the provider later revisited in Lucky New Year Tiger Treasures.

How It Plays

The base game uses 25 paylines and separates its special symbols by purpose. Scatter Symbols lead to Free Spins, while money symbols initiate the collection-based Respins sequence.

During Respins, triggering money symbols remain fixed as empty positions reroll. Each newly landed money symbol resets the remaining attempts, and the round ends when the board fills or attempts expire.

Theme & Atmosphere

Asia and Festival define the setting through a Chinese New Year celebration, with fireworks, ceremonial symbols, and a prominent animal character tied to the dated zodiac theme.

Music and Fire support the celebration without changing the rules, while the Entertainment label reflects a lighter seasonal treatment rather than historical reconstruction.

Festival Fire Music Entertainment Asia

Features & Win Potential

Respins retain each new money symbol and reset the attempt counter, turning the feature into a board-filling exercise rather than a standard line-win sequence.

During Free Spins, Substitution of wining symbols changes the central reels into one large matching symbol, creating a different route to connected payline wins.

Free Spins Scatter Symbol Wild Symbol Respins Medium volatility 5 Reels RTP range 96% RTP 25 Paylines Substitution of wining symbols

Bonus & Free Spins

Three Scatter Symbols award 5 Free Spins. Reels 2, 3, and 4 then spin together, and another set of 3 Scatter Symbols adds 3 more spins.

The Respins round starts when 6 money symbols land. New values stay in position, refresh the remaining Respins, and are totaled when the sequence ends.

Screenshots

3 gameplay frames

Gameplay screenshot of Lucky New Year (1 of 3)

Gameplay screenshot of Lucky New Year (2 of 3)

Gameplay screenshot of Lucky New Year (3 of 3)

Spec sheet

Lucky New Year at a glance.

Identity

Slot nameLucky New Year

StudioPragmatic Play

Released1/19/2018

Math

SlotRanker Score69

RTP96%

VolatilityMedium volatility

Max win—

Bet range$0.25 – $125.00

Player rating3.7 / 5 · 17 votes

Format

Reels5

Paylines25

Layout5x3

Features

Themes

This game is searched most in United States, Philippines, and India.

Expected average based on this slot's 96% RTP — individual sessions vary with volatility.

Bet per spin

Spins per hour400

Session length (hours)

Cost per hour$4.00

Cost per session$4.00

Estimate only, for entertainment purposes — treat gambling as entertainment, not a way to make money, and set a budget you can afford to lose.

How long could a bankroll last on Lucky New Year? We simulate thousands of sessions from this game's published RTP and volatility — the long-run math, not a prediction of your next spin.

Bankroll ($)Bet per spin ($)Speed

Volatility tier: Medium

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How this works

Each simulated spin either misses or returns a win drawn from a log-normal distribution, with the hit rate and spread set by the slot's volatility tier (Medium). The model is calibrated so the average return equals this slot's published RTP (96.00%), with wins capped at its top multiplier (1,000×).

This is a simplified, parametric model of the game's math — not its real paytable. It exists to make the house edge visible over many sessions, so the numbers above are averages across thousands of runs, never a forecast of one.

This is math, not a prediction. Real sessions vary wildly, and no strategy changes a game's built-in house edge. Play for fun, set limits, and never bet more than you can afford to lose.

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Compare Lucky New Year with other games

	Lucky New Year Score 69This game	Fish Prawn Crab Bonanza Score 87	Tiger Dance Max Ways Score 82	Spring Harvest Score 78	China Festival Score 71
Identity
Studio	Pragmatic Play	Advant Play	Spadegaming	Naga Games	3 Oaks
Released	1/19/2018	7/29/2024	1/3/2022	1/10/2023	11/28/2024
Math
RTP	96%	97.02%	96.64%	97.18%	95.7%
Volatility	Medium volatility	Medium/High	Medium volatility	Medium volatility	—
Max win	—	20,000×	—	1,000×	5,000×
Format
Reels	5	6	6	5	5
Layout	5x3	6x4	6x5	5x3	5x3
Paylines	25	25	32400	40	25
Min bet	0.25	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
Max bet	125	10	500	150	30
Features
Progressive	—	—	—	—	—
Wild symbol	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Free spins	✓	✓	✓	✓	—
Scatter symbol	✓	✓	✓	✓	—
Multiplier	—	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bonus game	—	✓	—	—	✓
Respins	✓	—	—	—	✓

Every number is shown as a delta against Lucky New Year.

Comparing against

Lucky New Year

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RTP

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Max win

—

Score

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+ Multiplier+ Bonus Game− Respins

+ Multiplier− Respins

+ Multiplier− Respins

+ Multiplier+ Bonus Game− Free Spins− Scatter

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01What triggers the respins in Lucky New Year?

Landing 6 or more money symbols starts the Respins feature, where landed values remain fixed and each new symbol resets the counter.

02How do Free Spins change the reels?

Free Spins make reels 2, 3, and 4 move together as one giant symbol, while another Scatter combination adds more spins.

03What is the RTP of Lucky New Year?

Lucky New Year has a listed RTP of 96% and is classified as a medium-volatility video slot.

Series

Lucky New Year

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Game	Year	RTP	Volatility	Slot Score
Lucky New YearCurrentPragmatic Play	2018	96%	Medium volatility	69
Lucky New Year Tiger TreasuresLatestPragmatic Play	2022	96.01%	High volatility	78

Lucky New YearCurrent
Pragmatic Play · 2018
RTP96%Score69Medium volatility
Lucky New Year Tiger TreasuresLatest
Pragmatic Play · 2022
RTP96.01%Score78High volatility